Coffee A Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying, Fifth Edition

by Davids, Kenneth

• ISBN13: 9780312246655
• ISBN10: 031224665X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-04
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

Now in its latest revised edition, Kenneth Davids's comprehensive and entertaining Coffee: A Guide to Buying, Brewing and Enjoying, remains an invaluable resource for anyone who truly enjoys a good cup of coffee.It features updated information and definitions, a history of coffee culture, tips on storing and brewing, and other essential advice designed to improve the coffee experience.Coffee lovers everywhere will welcome this lively, complete guide to the fascinating world of America's national beverage.

Author Biography

Kenneth Davids is the author of two other books about coffee, Espresso: Ultimate Coffee and Home Coffee Roasting: Romance and Revival. He teaches writing and history at the California College of Arts and Crafts and writes for a number of coffe industry publications and Websites. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Table of Contents

Introducing It	1	(9)
More than a wake-up pill
Filling the knowledge gap
Specialty vs. commercial coffees
How It Started	9	(12)
Dancing (and nondancing) goats
Coffee's economic paradox
Coffee snobs to the rescue
Buying It	21	(14)
Coffee stores, real and virtual
What all the names mean
Roast names and roast taste
Tasting It	35	(12)
What to taste for
The cupping ritual demystified
Grace notes and ambiguities
Testing Place in It	47	(46)
Choosing coffee by origin
Blending and blends
Flavored coffees
How It Can Make the World Better	93	(8)
Coffee, people, and environment
Organic, shade-grown, fair-trade, and sustainable coffees
Roasting It	101	(12)
How coffee is roasted
Formula vs. eye, ear, and nose
How to roast your own
Grinding It	113	(8)
Keeping it fresh
Choosing the right grinder and grind
Brewing It	121	(24)
Choosing a method and a machine
Brewing it right
The Espresso Side of It	145	(14)
What makes espresso espresso
Espresso history
Classic, beatnik, and mall espresso
Espresso at Home	159	(32)
How to brew the coffee, froth the milk, assemble the drinks, and find the right equipment
Serving It	191	(10)
The social sacrament
From coffee ceremony to travel mug
Growing It	201	(16)
How Coffee is grown, processed, and graded
Growing your own
Celebrating It	217	(6)
Public ceremonies and ritual conviviality
Coffee places
Staying Healthy Drinking It	223	(16)
Poison vs. panacea
Science weighs in
Decaffeinated coffees
Words for It: A Glossary	239	(18)
Sending for It: A List of Resources	257	(8)
Those Who Know About It: Acknowledgments	265	(4)
Index	269